Logical Reasoning

PT15 · S2 · Q19 Without information that could only

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Without information that could only have come from someone present at the secret meeting between the finance minister and the leader of the opposition party, the newspaper story that forced the finance minister to resign could not have been written.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

19.

The argument commits which one of the following errors of reasoning?

  1. Correct

    drawing a conclusion on the

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    65% picked this

  2. assuming without warrant that if

    Trap

    5% picked this

  3. confusing evidence that a given

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. basing its conclusion on evidence

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. treating evidence that a given

    Trap

    26% picked this

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